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US 12,239,312 B2Granted
Anchors and locks for percutaneous valve implants
AssigneeValfix Medical Ltd.
InventorsEli Bar, Elad Yaacoby, Dan Salzman
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Abstract
A method for locking an intrabody implant over a thread passing through the implant. The method includes advancing a lock body, which includes at least one rotatable element, to the implant over the thread. Subsequently to advancing the lock body to the implant, the rotatable element is rotated such that the lock body grips the thread proximally to the implant.
Claims12
A method for locking an intrabody implant over a thread passing through the implant, the method comprising:
- advancing a lock body, which includes at least one rotatable element, to the implant over the thread;
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- subsequently to advancing the lock body to the implant, rotating the rotatable element such that the lock body grips the thread proximally to the implant, wherein rotating the rotatable element comprises rotating the rotatable element by fitting a ring over the lock body “after” proximally to the implant.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.